Tess' Testimony: An innocent trust betrayed (Tess' Story) (Volume 1)

How would you cope with sustained abuse? What if it was being done to the one person you love most in all the world and you were obliged to bear witness, day after day?"When I was a child I saw my daddy as a hurricane: a freak weather occurrence that doesn't listen, can't be reasoned with, and keeps coming at you how ever much you scream." Tess sees her caring, gentle mom beaten, terrorized and degraded by her dad while she remains powerless to help. She receives her share of beatings too – cruel punishments for the very slightest of faults - while he keeps both of them virtual prisoners. As Tess grows up, the abuse changes nature; from violent it becomes disturbing. It's the ultimate betrayal of a daughter by her father. But when she's called on to bestow her trust elsewhere, will it be honored this time?